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| Maid of Dunstable, poem. | | Page 376 |
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| Malherbe | Influential family in Hockliffe, involved in a financial scandal, 1255. | Page 372 |
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| Manshead Archaeological Society closure. | | Page 410 |
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| Manshead Archaeological Society. | Anecdotes about the society by Andy Amos, | Page 438 |
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| Manshead Archaeological Society. | The story of the society, which closed in 2020, by Joan Schneider. | Page 444 |
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| Manshead School's coat of arms. | | Page 92 |
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| Mansion House | or North House, the home of Marshe Dickinson, stood on what is now the entrance to Queensway and its grounds extended to what is now the Asda store. Joan Curran tells how she traced its site | Page 72 |
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| Map | An Old Traveller's Pocket Map, dated 1676 | Page 33 |
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| Marden, Janie. | Singer at Queensbury Hall. | Page 388 |
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| Market | Dunstable Market as recorded in the 13th century Annals of the Priory. | Page 99 and Page 187 |
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| Market Custumal. | This 1220 document detailing byelaws governing the town has been scanned from the original at the British Library. | Page 303 |
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| Markets in Dunstable | | Read here |
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| Mary | sister of Edward II. | Page 412 |
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| Massachusetts | the legend of Dr Blood and the Haunted Housen in Dunstable USA. | Page 258 |
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| May | Charles. The odd-job man at Dunstable Grammar School. | Page 387 |
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| Mayor's chain. | History of town's regalia. | page 484 |
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| Mayors of Dunstable | List of mayor's | Page 186 and 199 |
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| McVicar | David. Scrapbook about Queensbury School campaign. | Page 404. |
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| Mechanical Priory Clock - Oldest recorded | | |
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| Mechanics Institute | Where was this based in Dunstable? Articles about it by David Lindsey | Page 56 and 106 |
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| Medieval Project. | A summary of the Dunstable Medieval Project of 2013 is given in the newsletter | Page 285 |
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| Medieval Puzzles | | Page 383 |
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| Merchant's Miscellany | Excerpts from an 1785 pamphlet describing the area. | Page 120 |
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| Meteorological Office. | The weather-forecasting centre stood near Drovers Way in Dunstable. Work there during World War Two is described | Page 70 |
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| Meteorological Office. | his was once based at Dunstable. Pauline Wolsey records her memories of working there on | Page 305 |
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| Meterological Office. | A 1955 centernary Christmas card. | Page 491 |
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| Middle Row | Memories of this historic part of Dunstable. | Pages 86 and 87 |
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| Mils | - Frederick Samuel. Pioneering Dunstable photographer. | Page 467 |
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| Moor End Mill, Edlesborough | Story of the 1924 fire. | Page 377 |
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| Mooring | Sir John Mooring, son of Arthur Mooring, editor of the Dunstable Gazette, became British Resident of the island of Zanzibar | Page 310. |
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| Moreton House School | Connection with Elinor Brent-Dyer, author of books for children. | Page 348 |
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| Morgan - | Thomas (Ashwell). Pioneer Dunstable photographer. | Page 489 |
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| Mortimer, Roger. | An invasion army, led by Roger Mortimer and Queen Isabella, joined forces at Dunstable with a large body of men led by Thomas of Lancaster, and went on to defeat King Edward II. | Page 317 |
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| Motor Club Badge | | Page 475 |
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| Munitions worker awarded medal | Violet Golding, aged 17, injured in a World War I explosion at Kent's munitions factory, was one of the youngest people to receive the Medal of the Order of the British Empire | Page 311 |
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| Murder | Story of a sensational murder trial in Victorian Dunstable when David Dumpleton was accused of killing his wife. | Page 465 |
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| Murder of an Irish deserter | The trial of Sgt Hugh Mack who killed one of 16 army prisoners he was escorting to London in 1806. The deserters had been marched through Dunstable handcuffed and roped together. | Page 278 |
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| Museum | Rare photo of the interior of Mr Bagshawe's museum at Kingsbury. | Page 432 |
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| Mustard | Simon Mustard was killed after a 1283 wrestling match at Hockliffe. | Page 372 |
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| Mylrea's ice cream | This was sold in a shop in High Street North. | Page 219 |
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| Nelson | Lord Nelson's visit to Dunstable. | Page 379 |
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| Netherlands | home for Dunstable Organ | Page 412 |
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| Neumann | Arthur Henry. Son of a Rector of Hockeliffe who explored Africa and became famous as an elephant hunter. | Page 436 |
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| New Zealand | - Esther and David Clarkson emigrated to New Zeraland and opened a shop called Dunstable House in Chrischurch | Page 310 |
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| Night of the Demon | Scenes from the cult film were shot at Stanbridgeford Station. | Page 268 |
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| Norton House. | | Page 353. |
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| Nurseries | A list of horticultural nurseries in Dunstable. | Page 430 |
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| Nurseries | Dunstable once boasted numerous market gardens. | Page 308 |
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| Newspaper Library. | Work begins on scanning pages of the Dunstable Borough Gazette. | Page 477 |
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| Old Bailey | John Dimock was arrested at the Saracen's Head in Dunstable in 1807 for stealing a silver watch and other items. He was sentenced at the Old Bailey to be confined for six months in the House of Correction. | Page 270 |
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| Oakwell Park. | Antiquarian features of a Houghton Regis house. | Page 492 |
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| Old Palace Lodge hotel | Its history | Page 34 |
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| Old Palace Lodge hotel | History of the building. | Page 433 |
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| Oliver hat factory | | Page 353 |
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| Orange Rolling | The Good Friday event on Dunstable Downs is featured | Page 176 and page 222 |
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| Orange Rolling | The Good Friday event on Dunstable Downs is featured | Read here |
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| Organ | maker, Leighton Buzzard. | Page 412 |
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| Out Of Office | Hours. Book by Frederick Howell | Page 329 |
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| Out of Office Hours | Book (1972) by Dunstable bank manager Frederick Howell. | Page 383 |
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